noun
Meaning 1
One who promotes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a promoter of seditious ideas
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: detractor
Standard Lemma guide
promoter
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /pɹəˈmoʊtɚ/
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rhymes with -əʊtə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: P R AH0 M OW1 T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
One who promotes.
One who promotes entertainment events or goods.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a music promoter
- events promoter
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: detractor
noun
Meaning 3
The section of DNA that controls the initiation of RNA transcription as a product of a gene.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
An accelerator of catalysis that is not itself a catalyst.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
someone who is an active supporter and advocate
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: booster, plugger
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: advertiser, advertizer, adman
Narrower terms: barker
noun
Meaning 6
a sponsor who books and stages public entertainments
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: showman, impresario
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: booker, booking agent
Narrower terms: exhibitor, exhibitioner, shower, organ-grinder, pornographer, porn merchant, Barnum, P. T. Barnum, Phineas Taylor Barnum, Cody, William F. Cody, William Frederick Cody, Buffalo Bill, Buffalo Bill Cody, Diaghilev, Sergei Diaghilev, Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev, D'Oyly Carte, Richard D'Oyly Carte, Hurok, Sol Hurok, Solomon Hurok, Ringling, Charles Ringling
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh1- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh1éyetider. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin prōmoveō Latin prōmōtusbor. English promote Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English promoter From promote + -er.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: مُرَوِّج (murawwij) — one who promotes
- Catalan: promotor — one who promotes
- Catalan: promotora — one who promotes
- Chinese Mandarin: 啟動子 /启动子 (qǐdòngzǐ) — one who promotes
- Czech: propagátor — one who promotes
- Finnish: promoottori — one who promotes
- French: promoteur — one who promotes
- French: promotrice — one who promotes
- German: Promoter — one who promotes
- Latin: firmātor — one who promotes
- Romanian: promotor — one who promotes
- Russian: промо́утер (promóutɛr) — one who promotes
- Spanish: promotor — one who promotes
- Spanish: impulsor — one who promotes
- Swahili: promota — one who promotes
- Swedish: promotor — one who promotes
- Swedish: förbättrare — one who promotes
- Swedish: stödjare — one who promotes
- Swedish: stöttepelare — one who promotes
- Swedish: främjare — one who promotes
- Ukrainian: промо́утер (promóuter) — one who promotes
- Welsh: hyrwyddwr — one who promotes
- French: promoteur — A material that accelerates the action of a catalyst
- Italian: promotore — A material that accelerates the action of a catalyst
- Polish: promotor — A material that accelerates the action of a catalyst
- Polish: promotorka — A material that accelerates the action of a catalyst
- Portuguese: promotor — A material that accelerates the action of a catalyst
- Spanish: promotor — A material that accelerates the action of a catalyst
- Spanish: catalizador — A material that accelerates the action of a catalyst
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